WANG Ye, JI Xianbing, ZHENG Xiaohuan, et al. Heat transfer characteristics of loop heat pipe with modulated composite porous wick[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (6): 2055-2061.
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WANG Ye, JI Xianbing, ZHENG Xiaohuan, et al. Heat transfer characteristics of loop heat pipe with modulated composite porous wick[J]. CIESC Journal, 2015, (6): 2055-2061.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20141581.
Heat transfer characteristics of loop heat pipe with modulated composite porous wick
In order to suffice the different needs for pore size and thermal conductivity of wick in different evaporator regions of loop heat pipe (LHP)
a LHP with modulated composite porous wick is constructed and investigated experimentally. The heat transfer characteristics of LHP are tested at different heating powers
inclination angles and cooling conditions. The results show that LHP has good heat transfer performances. The lowest temperature of the evaporator wall center (Tc) is only 64℃ at 200 W. The ice cooling can significantly promote LHP heat transfer performance
reducing Tc and thermal resistance
compared with the air cooling. The lowest thermal resistance is 0.19 K·W-1. Besides
the ice cooling is helpful to improving the temperature uniformity of the evaporator wall. The effects of inclination angles on temperature and thermal resistance vary with the increase of the heating power. At low heating power
Tc of LHP with evaporator and condenser being the same altitude is lower than that with evaporator below condenser. As the heating power rises
the former becomes higher than the latter. In addition
the heat leak from evaporator to compensation chamber can be reduced by applying the modulated composite porous wick. With the increase of heating power
the effects of inclination angles on heat leak are different.